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Tuesday, 5 January 2016

I bought this cheaply, the reason being that the beacons that used to send out a homing signal had been switched off some years before.

The seller thought it was then useless, I saw that it was in good condition and an up grade on the Lokata 5 RDFs I have had on my previous yachts.

It still has a perfect Sestral compass in it, also the battery case, so this works just fine day or night as a hand bearing compass.

This may be an old bit of kit today but as a hand bearing compass is still required on a yacht, I am more than happy to have this one.

Only the receiving side does not function, so the ear phones can be left in the box while the hand bearing compass can be used still.

The Lokata 5 had an internal re chargeable battery, the mount base was the charger, I have had two of those from new.

The Lokata 7 has four penlight batteries, which in some ways is better?

The set still works, this is many years after the set was produced, the elastic band is due to the battery box retaining clip having broken off.

The owners user manual is dated 1986, so this is now thirty years old and it still works.

This to me is now a collectors item and I will add it to my collection of similar older marine instruments.

While it is not quite perfect, I do have the original packing, the head phones and the user manual, so its worth having.

I once met Christian, a Danish sailor, he had crossed the North Atlantic using only his RDF, he reasoned that once out in the Atlantic, RDF signals would be few and far between?

A really strong one was Ascension Island, so once locked onto that signal his DR was easy enough until he then picked up a second and a third beacon as he closed on the West Indies. Back then the Sat Nav was available but quite pricey, my friend saved himself the cost of the satnav this way.

Roys Hillman Imp Years

Started some years back,the first blog was intended to carry the CNC ply and epoxy boat kits only.Then other items slipped in,it soon became a potted history of Roys past life,some of it anyway.

There have been many car projects in the past and maybe in the future. So recently a brand new blog was started to open a few doors to Roys history with the cars he has known.

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We originally thought the boat trade would be our main target area but we now find the use has spread across the board and many shop and office fitters use it,its used on a large scale by furniture manufacturers too,

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Roy Mc Bride

working class trades person,broom sweeper and potato picker,apprentice Joiner,master carpenter,emigrant,shopfitter,interior designer,disco dj,race car builder and driver,engine rebuild specialist,boat designer and builder,traveled to twenty nine countries,married to a surfing families daughter,two great children, three grand children,two boys and one girl,Ben,Luke and Holly,sailed the South Atlantic three times,twice on my own yachts,founded a timber retail store,importer and exporter,cnc cut boat and car kit maker,working with the Hillman Imp and derivitives for 47 years,more or less in that order.yes,still crazy after all these years!